Permanent hat-pin and locking attachment.



No. 735,046. PATEN TED JULY 28, 1903. C. G. G. WOLPERS. PERMANENT HAT PIN AND LOCKING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1903.

NO MODEL.

A TTOHNE YS.

UNITED STATES mated July 28, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

PERMANENT HAT-PIN AND LOCKING ATTACHMENT.

SFEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,046, dated July 28, 1903. Application filed March 30, 1903. Serial No. 150,227. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONRAD CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB WoLPEss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Permanent Hat-Pin and Looking Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a hat-pin which while removable from the hat to which it is applied is adapted to remain permanently in the hat as long, for example, as the hat is in continued use or even thereafter and to provide the pin with one or more comb sections removably applied thereto adapted to enter and take up such a binding engagement with the hair when the hat is placed upon the head and the pin is properly turned as to effectually and comfortably hold the hat in place on the head.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide suitable bearings in the crown of the hat in which the pin may turn and to so weight the handle or head end of the pin that when the comb section or sections carried by the pin and located within the crown of the hat are in looking engagement with the hair the weighted portion of the handle will be down and will tend to hold the teeth of the combs in an upper locking position in the hair, the free ends of the teeth of the comb or combs at such times being in an upper position at the rear of the body of the pin as the teeth of the comb or combs are passed through the hair by suitably rocking the pin, the passage of the teeth being from the front rearward and upward.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the comb or combs that they may be adapted for use in thin or in thick hair and so that a simple turn of the pin will suffice to disengage the comb or combs from the hair, permitting at such time the free removal of the hat from the head without disturbing the dressing of the hair.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a hat upon the head of a wearer and a perspective view of the handle end of the improved pin and the bearings therefor. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a hat, a rear view of the head of the wearer, and a rear elevation of the improved hat-pin in position in the hat and attached combs, the latter being in looking engagement with the hair. Fig. 3 is a sectional rear elevation of a portion of the hat-pin, the combs, and means for attaching the combs to the pin, the combs being in the position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the pin and one of the combs, the comb being shown in. looking position in positive lines and in release position in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a front view of one of the bearings employed for the hat-pin and adapted for attachment to the crown of a hat. Fig. 6 is a sectional rear elevation of an extended single comb and sleeve adapted for use when the hair is very thin and likewise adapted for detachable connection to the hat-pin and Fig.- 7 is a fragmentary view of a crown of a hat, illustrating a form of bearing for the hatpin which is employed when the crown of the hat is made of very flimsy or thin material. A represents a hat of any approved type, and in the crown of the hat at opposite sides apertures 10 are produced, the apertures being in horizontal al'inement. The crown of the hat is reinforced at the apertures 10 therein when the crown is of a stout material by means of bearing-plates 11, (shown in'detail in Fig. 5,) and'each bearing-plate is provided with a central opening or aperture 12, adapted to register with the opening 10 in the crown of the hat, and with prongs 13, extending from opposite edges of the body, which prongs are adapted to be passed through the crown of the hat to the inside, where they are clenched, as is shown in Fig. 2. When, however, the crown of the hat A is of a very light or flimsy material, so much so as not to afford proper support for the form of bearing shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the form of bearing shown in Fig. 7 is adopted. This bearing 14 is made of springwire of suitable gage, bent upon itself to form a central eye or, adapted to register with an aperture 10 in the crown of the hat, preferably at the outside of the crown, and diverging members a, which at their ends are carried through the material of the hat and are bent upon the inner face of the material at the crown, the inner extending end portions of the bearings 14 being of any desired or required length.

The pin B consists of a body Z) of any desired length and a handle b. The body b is preferably made rectangular in cross-section, and the said body is usually of steel, although brass, aluminium, rubber, or a like material may be employed, and the handle 17' may be of any design that fancy may dictate. At what may be termed the upper edge of the body b of the pinthat is to say, the edge that is uppermost when the pin is in locking position relative to the hairtwo inclined recesses 15 are made, (particularly shown in Fig. 3,) the inclination of the recesses being in direction of each other, and these recesses are located usually at about an equal distance at each side of the center of the body I) of the pin, and while the outer walls of the recesses 15 are straight the inner or bottom Walls are more or less curved outwardly and in direction of the center of' the body of the pin or are inclined in such direction, as is also shown in Fig. 3.

The handle b of the pin B is provided with a weighted section 16, which is opposite the upper or recessed edge of the body of the pin, and the purpose of thus weighting the handle 16 is to hold the recessed edge of the pin uppermost and the combs O and C, to be hereinafter described, in looking engagement with the hair of the head, as is shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated two combs as being employed in connection with a pin, although more may be used. This plurality of combs is preferably used when the hair is thick,as the combs need not be large and may be some distance apart. The comb 0 (shown in Fig. 6) is a single comb, is of considerable length, and is adapted to be used where the hair on the head is thin.

7 All combs are attached to a sleeve D. This sleeve is adapted to snugly slide over the body I) of the pin B, and at what may be termed the upper edge of the sleeve D at each end a spring-tongue 17 is formed. These tongues when a sleeve D is in position upon the body I) of a pin B enter and snugly fit into the recesses 15 of the body of the pin. Thus it will be observed that by raising one of the spring-tongues 17 the withdrawn from the sleeve D whenever desired.

As has been stated, two combs O are illustrated in Fig. 3. These combs are secured to what may be termed the bottom portion of a sleeve D, one at each end of the sleeve, and each comb consists of a shank c, which extends substantially at a right angle from the lower edge of the sleeve D, and teeth 0, which are curved outward from the pin may be readily' shank c and extend at a side of the sleeve D, curving more or less over the upper or recessed portion of the sleeve. The teeth 0' are made to laterally diverge at their free ends to a greater or less extent, so that the combs at the free ends of the teeth are wider than where the teeth connect with the shank, and also preferably as the free ends of the teeth are approached the distance is greater between the teeth and the sleeve D.

Under the single construction of comb shown in Fig. 6 the same form of sleeve is employed, and the sleeve is of the same length as that shown in Fig. 3; but the shank and the teeth extend from end to end of the body of the sleeve, and preferably the teeth at the central portion of the comb are more or less gradually depressed in direction of the sleeve, so that the outer or convexed surfaces of the series of teeth in the form of comb O is more or less concaved, especially at the free ends of the teeth. This form of comb is particularly adapted for use when the hair is thin, as it has practically a continuous engagement with the hair over a wide surface of the scalp.

In operation the body of the pin is passed through the crown at one side, and the sleeve D, having the desired character of comb ap-' plied, is held within the crown of the hat, with the teeth arching or curved to the rear. The body of the pin is then passed through the sleeve, and the free end of the pin is passed through the opposite side of the crown of the hat. Finally the sleeve D is adjusted upon the body 6 of the pin until the tongues 17 on the sleeve have found a seat in the recesses l 5 of the body of the pin. The pin is then adjusted so as to bring the sleeve and its combs about centrally with respect to the transverse Width of the crown. The bearings 11 or 14, whichever are employed, are placed as near as convenient to the rear portion of the crown, so that the combs are practically at the rear portion of the crown. When the hat is to be placed upon the head, the body of the pin B is turned rearward, thus bringing the teeth of the combs to an upper position. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4:.) The hat is now adjusted upon the head and the handle of the pin is turned forward, thus carrying the free or curved portion of the teeth forwardly and downwardly through the strands of the hair, and said pin is continued to be turned until the curved ends of the teeth of the combs occupy a substantially vertical position at the rear of the pin, (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) thus eftectuallylocking the hat to the head through the medium of the said combs and the hair, WVhen the hat is to be removed, it is simply necessary to turn the pin sufficiently rearward to carry the teeth partially out from the hair, whereupon in lifting the hat the teeth will naturally free themselves. 7

It will he understood that celluloid, horn, tortoise-shell, or other material may be used in the construction of both the pin and the comb-sections of the device, if found desirable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hat-pin and a comb carried thereby having teeth in groups carried by said pin, the teeth of which comb extend below the pin and are then curved rearwardly and upwardly, the central tooth of a group being disposed in a vertical plane and the upwardlyextending portions of the teeth at either side of said central tooth being curved laterally therefrom presenting their convex sides thereto, for the purpose set forth.

2. A hat-pin, a comb having curved teeth, a sleeve to which the teeth are attached and CONRAD CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB WOLPERS.

Witnesses:

J. FRED ACKER, JNo. M. BITTER. 

